"The Missile Motel" Oxnard, California - 1988
One more of the many signs that have since been torn down and lost, The Missile Motel is one of my favorites for many reasons. Most obviously it's on of the most Freudian of signs. But I also love THAT MISSLE! Just look how '50s it looks!
This sign and its Motel was located just before Highway One between Oxnard and Port Hueneme. Built in the late 1950s, it derived it's name from the Point Mugu Naval Air Missile Test Center, that was started as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy's major missile development and test facility.
Like so many of these fabulous mid-century neon Motel signs, you can get a sense of history about the location just by the name. I pray that somewhere someone has the actual sign and that it wasn't crushed into debris like the motel was. Anyway, just glad I was able to capture it before it disappeared.I hope you enjoy it.
"The Missile Motel" Oxnard, CA - 8x10" B&W Print in a 11x14" Black Matte
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